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Employee was using a slate bar to remove a rock from the Right CM on 006 MMU. While pushing down on the slate bar to slide the rock off the slate bar slipped out of employee's hands causing the bar to hit employee in right eye.
Move crew foreman trimming belt skirting out of section tail piece with a razor knife when the channel locks slipped causing both hands to cross resulting in a 2 inch laceration on top of left hand.
Employee was installing a conveyor motor on a shuttle car. While aligning the motor, the chain ratchet slipped causing motor to hit frame of shuttle car and roll out on employees right foot. Employee was diagnosed with a fracture to the right third toe.
Employee was prying down on the top belt trying to get belt back inside skirting. The pry bar slipped and struck employee on right side of face causing a laceration. Employee received 2 sutures.
Employee was on the outby end of a track rail preparing to flip rail over with slate bar. Co-worker was on the inby end of the same rail attempting to slide the rail outby with a slate bar. When co-worker picked up the rail it began to curl causing injured EE's slate bar to strike EE on the left side of the head.
Employee was cutting conveyor belt with a utility knife and slipped and cut their right thigh. 9 sutures were required.
Employee was using a slate bar to get a rock off of the continuous miner and ee slipped and caught finger between the bar and frame of miner. Sutures were required. No lost time.
Employee was pulling timber into position with a pick hammer and strained themselves. Has swelling in the groin area. Employee started missing work on 6/1/2017.
Employee was holding a roof bolt that was being used to drive the pins out of the cat pads on the joy continuous miner when a co-worker who was using a six pound sledge hammer to strike the roof bolt with missed the roof bolt and struck the employees right wrist causing fractures to the wrist and hand
Employee was changing a shut-off valve on a 4" inch water line, the straws that hold the coupling in place were broke so he used a hammer to bust the coupling which was still under pressure and it came apart striking him in the left side of the face causing cuts which required sutures and bruising and a broken orbital bone above the left eye.
Employee was cutting cable with a utility knife when the knife slipped out of the outer jacket of cable insulation cutting the index finger of his left hand just above the first knuckle. He was treated at Hospital at Martin, Ky. he received four sutures and was released and returned to work.
Employee cut his left, middle finger while making a belt splice. Received stitches and released to return to work his next shift.
Miner was struck in the forehead by a slate bar while attempting to move a rockdusting motor